Memorial Day weekend is probably my favorite holiday, and not because it usually falls on my birthday but because it reminds me of my father. He died when I was six and sometimes I think I’ve been missing him my whole life. When we were young, my mother and grandmother would take us to the cemetery […]

I ran a really sucky 10K race last weekend, the kind where you feel like crap from the very first step and want to quit the whole way and wonder why in the hell you paid money to do something so stupid as to run down a road in the middle of nowhere in Alaska […]

Tonsina Point! This is fast becoming one of my favorite runs. The trail is quirky and runs through creek runoff, making for steep and slick footing. Then, just when you’re becoming impatient, it evens out to spruce forests and later, birch trees with soft, even footing. The trail isn’t very long but there are enough hills and switchbacks to […]